Experts' Choice Award Navarre
What the experts agree on
Navarre's rotating small plates spotlight seasonal Mediterranean cuisine across Italian, French, and Spanish traditions. The industrial-chic spot sources local produce, pairs inventively eclectic dishes with wine, and keeps things refreshingly
“A tapas-style restaurant and wine bar, with inventive Spanish, Italian, and French cuisine.”
– DK Eyewitness
Travel + Leisure "Chef John Taboada’s restaurant in central Portland sources seasonal produce from the Avenue Farms CSA to derive Italian, French, and Spanish specials." Full review
Zagat4.3
"“Eccentric in a good way”, this Kerns “delight” charms with a “dazzling array” of “inventive, seasonal” Mediterranean small plates with origins in Spain, Italy and France." Full review
Gayot13.0
"Mains range from crab cakes to trout baked in parchment, to endive with cream, steamed greens, sweet-and-sour lentils, radishes and butter, and even a peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Full review
Not For Tourists "Hipster haven for wine and tapas tasting. Dress down."
Where "Navarre has been at the vanguard of a trend in Portland restaurants—small plates of wonderful food so you can have many different courses in one meal." Full review
Lonely Planet "A paper-list menu at this industrial-elegant restaurant lists various small plates (don't call them tapas), which rotate daily – though a few popular dishes are fixed commodities." Full review
Fodor's "It's easy to miss this intimate storefront space whose kitchen produces stellar Spanish, French, Italian, and Croatian food, but don't miss it. The menu changes daily and specials are..." Full review
